Shaping Future Discourse about Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Hate Speecht

08-10 September 2020

1 Tuesday, 08-09-2020

„Media, holocaust and generation Z: Time for new approaches“

17:30 - 18:00 Greeting & Opening Remarks » Susanne Glass 18:30 - 19:15 Talk: 3 Generations 3 Perspectives » Holocaust survivor *requested CET » Jenny Havemann CET » 2nd generation: Michael Shubitz » JPC: Dan Meridor » 3rd generation: Keren Knoll » Susanne Wasum-Rainer » Elishav Rabinovith » Hannah Liko » Barbara Glück » Jean-Daniel Ruch » » Moderator: Eliyah Havemann » Ulrich Wilhelm » Charlotte Knobloch

19:15 - 20:15 “Alliances Against & » Sawsan Chebli CET Hate Speech”, Discussion » Roger Schawinski 18:00 - 18:15 Keynote Speech » Reuven Rivlin *requested » Ksenia Svetlova CET » Nikodemus C. Schnabel » Rabbi Dov Lipman » Alana Baranov

18:15 - 18:30 » Mati Kochavi Presenting “Eva’s Stories Project” » CET Moderator: Markus Spillmann

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Susanne Glass Jenny Havemann Hannah Liko Jean Daniel Ruch

Dr. Susanne Glass is a Jenny Havemann is an Hannah Liko is the Austrian Jean-Daniel Ruch is the Swiss political scientist and one of entrepreneur and the founder Ambassador to since Ambassador in Israel since the founders of the Startup & CEO of GIIN (German- 2019. From 2013-2017, 2016. He joined the Swiss Media Summit. Dr. Glass is Israeli Innovation Network) she worked at the Office of Foreign Service in 1992 after the bureau chief and TV- as well as the Co-Founder the Secretary General for having worked three years chief correspondent for ARD, of Startup Media . Foreign Affairs, MFA. She in the Ministry of Defense. Germany’s biggest public broadcasting company, As a political analyst and social media expert, she was appointed Head of the Office of the Secretary In 2008, he was appointed by the Ambassador and and responsible for the news coverage of the Middle frequently gives lectures about Israel related topics General, MFA and in 2018, worked as Interim Special Representative for the Middle East, focusing East. Before moving to Israel, she was already the and advises politicians and organisations on Israeli Director of the Department for Security Affairs, on the conflicts in the region. bureau chief and chief correspondent of ARD’s politics and German-Israeli relations. MFA. studio in Vienna, Austria, covering South-East Europe and Austria.

Dan Meridor Susanne Rainer-Wasum Ron Huldai Charlotte Knobloch

SusanDan Meridor, an Israeli Susanne Rainer-Wasum is a Ron Huldai is the current Born in Munich in 1932, politician, is the Advisory German diplomat who has Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, in Charlotte Knobloch survived Board Chairman of the been serving as Germany’s office since 1998. Huldai has in hiding on Jerusalem Press Club, and Ambassador to Israel since slowly but steadily brought a farm in northern Bavaria. an served as a minister in 2018. Before, Wasum- his vision of a forward- After the war, she returned multiple positions. Meridor Rainer served as German thinking, technologically to Munich where she has is a long-time member of the Likud party, in the Ambassador to France; she was the first female advanced Tel Aviv to life. Before he entered his role served as head of the Jewish Community of Munich late 1990s he became one of the founders of the person to hold the post and succeeded Reinhard as Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Huldai served as a fighter and Upper Bavaria since 1985. In this capacity, she Centre Party. Meridor has been a observer Schäfers. Besides her mother-tongue German, she pilot and a commander in the . oversaw the opening of the new main synagogue to the Council of Europe and has published articles speaks English, Italian, and Hebrew. and community center in 2006/07. in academic journals.

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Ulrich Wilhelm Michael Shubitz Barbara Glück Eliyah Havemann

Ulrich Wilhelm is a German Michael Shubitz works as a Dr Barbara Glück, Director of Eliyah Havemann is Cyber lawyer and journalist. Since camera operator for ARD, the Mauthausen Memorial, Security expert, German February 1, 2011, Wilhelm Germany‘s biggest public is an Austrian historian and author („Wie werde ich is director of the Bayerischer broadcasting company, in Tel political scientist. She has Jude?“), and blogger. Born Rundfunk (BR). Aviv. He is of Lithuanian origin headed the Mauthausen and raised in Germany, he and the second generation of Memorial for 14 years and converted to Judaism and Holocaust survivors, discussing his experience at our established it as a separate Federal Agency. moved to Israel with his wife Jenny about ten years panel „3 Generations - 3 perspectives“. ago. He is the son of the famous German songwriter Wolf Biermann.

Keren Knoll Elishav Rabinovich Sawsan Chebli Roger Schawinski

Keren Knoll is the Elishav Rabinovich lives in Sawsan Chebli has been Roger Schawinski is a Swiss granddaughter of Mireille Tel Aviv with his wife and the State of Berlin Delegate journalist and entrepreneur Knoll, Holocaust survivor his 5 daughters. He is the to the Federation and as well as the creator of Swiss murdered in Paris, and a Comunity Manager of the Permanent Secretary for consumer watchdog program mother of two. She was born Zikaron BaSalon project. He Active Citizenship and Kassensturz. In 2003, he in Paris, and lives in Israel has a MA in Talmud Studies International Relations since gained international status for 23 years. Here, she served as a military captain from the Bar Ilan University and is an alumni of the 2016. She is a strong advocate of interreligious when he joined the German Television network officer at the IDF. Hesder Yeshiva in Tkoa. dialogue, especially between Muslims and Jews, and „Sat. 1“ and became the managing director for three campaigns against anti-Semitism as well as against consecutive years. Islamophobia.

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Ksenia Svetlowa Nikodemus C. Schnabel Markus Spillman Mati Kochavi

Ksenia Svetlova, born Pater Dr. Nikodemus Markus Spillmann is a Swiss Together with his daughter in Moscow, is an Israeli C. Schnabel, O.S.B., is journalist, Entrepreneur, Maya, Mati Kochavi, an journalist, researcher, writer a Benedictine Monk of media adviser. He is the Israeli-born billionaire and and politician. She has served the Dormition Abbey in owner of SPILLMANN businessman, created „Eva‘s as MK with the Zionist Jerusalem. He is the Director Publizistik Strategie story“, a Holocaust education Union 2015-2019. Currently, of The Jerusalem Institute Management GmbH. Former project that sparked Svetlova is a senior research fellow at the Institute of the Görres-Gesellschaft (JIGG). In 2010, Pater Head of Journalism at NZZ AG and former Editor-in- controversy even before its first post. Apart from for Policy and Strategy at IDC Herzliya and Mitvim Nikodemus published his first book “For Zion’s sake” Chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. being the Chairman and Owner of AGT International, institute. in which he explores the life of the Dormitio monks. Kochavi is the CEO of many high tech companies specialising in cutting edge „cyber-security“ and „public safety“ technologies. His Family Fund supports the ongoing building of facilities in Israel for children of all faiths with serious physical and mental disabilities.

Rabbi Dov Lipman Alana Barov

Dov Lipman is an Israeli Alana Baranov is a Steering politician. He served as a Committee member of the member of the Knesset for WJC Jewish Diplomatic between 2013 and Corps, the flagship program 2015. Born and raised in the of the World Jewish United States, Lipman and Congress, under the vision his wife immigrated to Bet Shemesh, Israel in 2004, and leadership of WJC President Ronald S. Lauder. where Lipman taught in post-high school yeshivot Originally from Zimbabwe, Alana is a freelance and seminaries. writer, researcher and social justice activist based in Durban, South Africa. Formerly the first Diplomatic Liaison for the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) national office and the Vice President of the Council of KwaZulu-Natal Jewry, Alana currently runs the Adult Education and Social Justice portfolio at the Durban Holocaust Centre.

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*Program is subject to change Wednesday, 09-09-2020

“When the discourse gets nasty: Anti-Semitism, Hate-Speech, Fake-News“

16:15 - 16:30 Keynote Speech » Dr. Maram Stern 18:30 -19:15 Discussing the Official Definition » Anetta Kahane CET CET of Anti-Semitism: Agreeing to » Christina Hainzl » Lukas Mandl Disagree? » Omri Attar » Ben-Dror Yemini 16:30 - 17:15 Trends in Holocaust Awareness: » Eyal Kaminka CET » Dana Porath How We Need to Engage the » Moderator: Ellie Hochenberg Public via Digital Media“ » Moderator: Iris Rosenberg

19:15 - 19:45 Talk with Wolf Biermann » Wolf Biermann CET 17:15 - 18:00 Keynote Speech » Heiko Maas *requested “Extremism & populism. How to » Moderator: Susanne Glass CET » Gabi Ashkenazi *requested deal with it?” » Alexander Schallenberg *requested

18:00 - 18:30 Survey Presentation: „Europe and » Joachim Rother 19:45 - 20:30 Panel: The Role of the Media in » Othmar Karas CET CET Israel – Insights into the Mutual » Dina Porat Shaping the Attitude Towards the » Iris Rosenberg » Lital Henig Perception“ Holocaust » Moderator: Mike Lingenfelser » Dr. Laurence Weinbaum

» Moderator: Alexandra Föderl-Schmid

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Maram Stern Eyal Kaminka Joachim Rother Dina Porat

Maram Stern has been the Eyal Kaminka is the Dr. Joachim Rother is Dina Porat is the chief Executive Vice President of International Director of the project manager at historian at Yad Vashem the World Jewish Congress Holocaust Studies in Yad Bertelsmann Stiftung in Jerusalem. She is the since October 2019, having Vashem. He holds the Lily and manages their Israel professor emeritus of served for three months prior Safra Chair of Holocaust Portfolio. A key pillar of his modern Jewish history at as the interim CEO of the Education, works as an project is the German Israeli the Department of Jewish organization. Mr. Stern has extensive knowledge of author, and as a lecturer in educational roles. Young Leaders Exchange. Previously, he worked as History and also the head of the Kantor Center for and experience in Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, He has extensive, multi-disciplinary experience the Personal Advisor to the Head of the Chamber the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel North America & South Africa. For over 15 years, in management, education, and organizational (Chambers of Commerce and Industry). Aviv University. he has nurtured relations with the government consulting. He received his Ph.D. in Education of the People’s Republic of China, and with other Management from Bar-Ilan University, Israel. governments in South East Asia.

Dana Porath Iris Rosenberg Alexandra Mike Lingenfelser Föderl-Schmid Dana Porath is the Director of Iris Rosenberg has been Mike Lingenfelser is a foreign the Digital Department in Yad working in the field of media Alexandra Föderl-Schmid is Correspondent at ARD Vashem‘s Communication relations for more than 26 an Austrian journalist and German Television, Middle Division. Dana has been the years, 24 of them at Yad the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of East Bureau Tel Aviv since Director of the department Vashem. As Director of the Süddeutsche Zeitung (GER). 2017. Prior to that, he was since its inception in 1999. Communications Division, She is a Board Member at working as chief of staff and Under her leadership, Yad Vashem has expanded its she is responsible for all aspects of Yad Vashem’s Reuters Institute in Oxford. Previously, she was author at the investigative ARD political magazine online activities to include comprehensive websites public relations, both in Israel and abroad, including a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung in “Report München” (Das Erste). He was awarded the in eight languages and a very active presence in Social its marketing, online communications, and social Israel. She was the first female Editor-in-Chief and Bavarian TV award in 2011. Media including: Facebook, Twitter in five languages, media activities. Co-Editor of Der Standard. Pinterest, Instagram and Youtube channels.

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Anetta Kahane Christina Hainzl Ben-Dror Yemini Ellie Hochenberg

Anetta Kahane is a German Dr. Christina Hainzl is a Ben-Dror Yemeni is an Israeli Ellie Hochenberg is a left-wing journalist, author, scientific researcher and the journalist. After a short term Diplomatic correspondent and activist. In 1998, she head of the Research Lab in the public service, as for i24 NEWS based in Israel. founded the Amadeu Democracy and Society in the advisor of the Minister Antonio Foundation which Transition at the Danube of Immigration and the tries to combat xenophobia, University in Krems, Austria. spokesman of the Ministry, antisemitism, and right-wing extremism. In 2012 she Her work focuses on anti-Semitism, political Yemini began his career as a journalist. He has was awarded the Moses Mendelssohn prize for her education as well as health and social policy. worked for the daily newspaper Maariv, and in Spring work, donated by the . 2014 began writing for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. His articles concerning the Israeli-Arab conflict and his comparative studies led him to become the most translated Israeli journalist and a widely invited speaker about the “Industry of Lies” against Israel.

Lukas Mandl Omri Attar Wolf Biermann Othmar Karas

Lukas Mandl is an Austrian Omri Attar is the Acting Wolf Bierman is a German Othmar Karas is one of politician of the Austrian Executive Director of ELNET singer-songwriter, poet, the Vice-Presidents of the People‘s Party (ÖVP) who Israel. Previously, he acted author, and former East European Parliament. He is has been a Member of the as Chief Operations Officer German dissident. He is an Austrian politician who has European Parliament since at ELNET in 2016-19 and perhaps best known for the been serving as a Member November 2017 and was re- Chief of International Staff in 1968 song „Ermutigung“ and of the European Parliament elected in 2019. After graduating from the University 2015-16. He is the founder of the Europe Forum, his expatriation from in 1976 as he since 1999. He is a member of the Austrian People‘s of Vienna with a degree in communication, he a leading thinking group of organizations based in was the figurehead of the political opposition at that Party, which in turn affiliates with the European worked as a lecturer, writer and speaker. Europe and Israel, and former Chief Spokesperson of time. People‘s Party. the IDC Herzliya Student Union.

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Lital Hening Laurence Weinbaum

Lital Henig is a Ph.D. Dr. Laurence Weinbaum candidate at the Department is the Director General of of Communication, the World Jewish Congress-Israel Hebrew University of and the director of the Israel Jerusalem. She holds an Council on Foreign Relations. MA in Communication He has served as chief editor and Journalism and a BA in Art History and of its thrice-annual publication, the Israel Journal Communication and Journalism, both from the of Foreign Affairs, since it was established in 2006. Hebrew University. In her Ph.D. thesis, she explores Dr. Weinbaum joined the World Jewish Congress in the act of Holocaust witnessing in digital media 1993, and during his years with the WJC has written ecologies. and edited more than 100 studies and policy papers on a broad range of issues of concern to world Jewry. In May 2008, then Polish President Lech Kaczynski decorated Dr. Weinbaum with the Złoty Krzyż Zasługi [Gold Cross of Merit] for his ongoing contributions in fostering Polish-Jewish dialogue. In 2002, he received the medal of the Polish Society of the Righteous among the Nations.

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*Program is subject to change Thursday, 10-09-2020

„Media and Innovation“

17:15 - 17:30 Bavaria and Israel - Partners in » Florian Herrmann 18:30 - 18:45 „Dealing with hate-speech online“ » Carole Nuriel CET CET Innovation

17:30 - 17:45 Why is Tel Aviv special for » Eytan Schwartz 18:45 - 19:00 New Media Technology (Ringier) » Christian Dorer CET CET Startups?

19:00 - 19:20 Key Note: „Change and Challenges » Ulrike Demmer 17:45 - 18:15 Media Start Up - Pitches » Cyabra: protects large brands from CET CET disinformation and deepfakes in communication – insights and » TetaVi: is developing a method and system to outlook by the spokesperson of generate high-quality free-viewpoint video the German government“ content for sports, broadcast, and virtual- reality applications » D-ID: offers a system designed to protect images from unauthorized automated facial 19:20 - 20:10 » Laura Goudkamp recognition Discussion “Social Media as the CET » Joelle Weil » TwoHeads helps companies use videos to Fifth Power?” » Ruben Gerczikow triple their SQLs, rank on the first page of » Katharina Ciobotaru Google, and 10x their engagement on » Pola Nathusius Linkedin. » Sivan Felder

» Moderator: Jenny Havemann

18:15 - 18:30 „Power of Social Media“ » Kai Diekmann CET » Storymachine

20:10 - 20:20 Conclusion, Farewell CET

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Florian Herrmann Eytan Schwartz Christian Dorer Ulrike Demmer

Dr. Florian Herrmann is the Eytan Schwartz is the Head of Christian Dorer is a Swiss Ulrike Demmer is Deputy Head of the Bavarian State Media and Communications journalist and the editor in Government Spokesperson Chancellery and Bavaria’s at Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. chief of Blick-Group, and and Deputy Head of the Minister of State for Federal He is the former CEO of Tel also the president of the Press and Information Office and European Affairs and Aviv Global – an initiative conference of editors in of the Federal Government. It Media. In this capacity, aimed at promoting Tel chief. He is also a co-leader is her job to inform the public he represents, among other things, the Bavarian Aviv as an international center of innovation by of SwissMediaForum. about the work of the German government. government in the Bundesrat (Federal Council) and leveraging its status as the city with the highest in Brussels. Since 2008, Minister Herrmann has been density of startups in the world, and as a leading a member of the Bavarian Landtag (State Parliament) urban destination for visitors, and conferences. for the district of Freising.

Kai Diekmann Carole Nuriel Laura Goudkamp Joëlle Weil

Kai Diekmann is a German Carole Nuriel is the Laura Goudkamp works Joëlle Weil is a Swiss freelan- journalist and the founder of Director of ADL (Anti as a journalist and author ce journalist, columnist and the Social Media Company -Defamation League) Israel in Munich. Since August writer. She has been working Storymachine. Until 2017 for over 18 years. She 2018, Goudkamp develops for Switzerland‘s biggest Me- he was publishing director of engages in the struggle new storytelling formats dia companies. Since 2010 BILD. For 15 years prior to against anti-Semitism and for the ARD international she‘s been writing several this, he was editor-in-chief of BILD. Since November delegitimization of Israel, promoting social cohesion correspondents in her function as a team lead of columns, such as «Generation Clash» for Ringier AG 2017, he is also Chairman of the Freundeskreis Yad in Israel. She began her career as a Senior Middle “Weltspiegel Digital”. from 2010 - 2018. Since 2018, she is part of the co- Vashem in Germany e.V. East Researcher and has 25 years of experience in lumnist team of «Luzerner Zeitung». She covers life research and activities related to the Middle East. and politics from Israel for her Swiss audience.

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Ruben Gerczikow Katharina Ciobotaru

Ruben Gerczikow from Katharina Höftmann Frankfurt, Germany, is Ciobotaru is a German writer the Vice-President of the and journalist, working as a European Union of Jewish freelance journalist for WELT, Students (EUJS), the umbrella Jüdische Allgemeine, and organization representing Edition F. She is the editor of more than 160.000 young Jews between 18 and the magazine Israel Zwischenzeilen. She published 35 in 36 countries. Furthermore, he is the Vice- eight fiction and non-fiction books with renowned President of the German Union of Jewish Students publishers. (JSUD).

Pola Nathusius Sivan Felder

Pola Nathusius has been Sivan Felder eats, sleeps and working as a journalist for 12 breathes video. Born a con- years, mostly in the fields of summate storyteller, Sivan radio & podcast, TV, social has spent her career working media and also online. She in the video industry, and works for ARD, i24NEWS, now serves as the co-foun- Vice and has lived in Israel several times, including der and CMO of TwoHeads, a video marketing firm. with The Ernst Cramer & Teddy Kollek Fellowship. She’s guided video strategies and campaigns for She is interested in covering topics such as social companies such as Cynet, Ourcrowd, Mixtiles, and media & hate-speech, anti-Semitism & Jewish life, Google Cloud. Her videos have won awards, raised and feminism in her work. Currently, she works as an thousands of dollars, and been viewed by hundreds innovation manager, social media strategist and for- of thousands of people all over the globe world. Her mat developer at ida (an innovation & digital startup dream is to help the „startup nation“ become the from ZDF digital and mdr). ‚scale up nation‘ by teaching Israeli companies and startups how to harness the power of video to domi- nate their market. 22 23

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